enix3k Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I installed the whole OS today (native). It acts very slow. I've read about the TPM module file: AppleTPMACPI.kext I looked into the folder System/Library/Extensions And tried to search for it, it wasn't there. I think its that file that {censored}s up my system. My specs: ASUS A8N-E nForce4 Ultra motherboard, Athlon64 3000+ 1.8GHz Single Core, 1024MB DDR RAM, 120GB+200GB PATA drives, NEC DVD PATA burner, GeForce6800GT 256MB PCIe. I use: OSx 10.4.8 JaS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Right now, 'slow', is rather undescriptive. It would help if we know where the 'slow' is coming from. First, a couple questions. Do you have QE/CI enabled with your graphics card yet? You can find this out in the system profiler. What is your xBench score? You can download this program and run it to get a benchmark of your computer's speed. This will also give information to where the slowdown is coming from. Second, you are running on PATA instead of SATA. SATA is faster. Right now, for that board, I don't think there is a perfect solution for SATA yet (though I might be wrong, I think there are some reliability issues last I heard). So, until current efforts are perfected, that might be a hinderance you'll have to live with. Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-330199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkccad Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I have Asus A8N Premium, Athlon64 4000+, 1.5GB Ram, and 7600GT PCIE. Our systems are pretty close and mine CRAWLS! I get an xbench score of less than 25! I've tried Jas 10.4.8 and Tubgilr AMD final with QE and CI enabled with the same results. I'm beginning to wonder if its the mobo causing the slowness. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-330665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Ok, that is helpful to know. Where are the bad scores in your xBench when you look at all the specific benchmarks? There have to be some that are decent and others that are pulling it down, I would think. If we could identify the problems we could get ya going faster. Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-330840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkccad Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I've attached the results from xbench. I'm getting fairly good disk test results but everything seems very slow for my system specs. I also upgraded to 10.4.9 to see if I would get better results from xbench (which I did a little bit). xbench_results.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-330966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hmm... I took a look around on the forum for your board. Seems like most people's boards are working pretty much perfect, with slight issues on sound. There must be some reason why your boards are anomalies. Are you guys using the latest BIOS? My recommendation would be to poke around your BIOS settings. I'm sorry that I can't get more specific than that, since I don't own this board. However, you might want to talk to somebody who does claim to have your board working perfectly, there are a number out there and they may be able to help you more than I. Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-331041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkccad Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I found the problem!!! nforce chipset was not being installed. I applied the NforceSata.rar file to the AMD final image and installed. I instantly noticed a difference. Now my Xbench score looks much more reasonable for my hardware. Xbench.txt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-331660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Congratulations! I do have a few questions just out of curiosity though. So, you have been running on SATA all along? I didn't know that it worked with SATA without that file applied, thats rather why I didn't consider it as a solution. Is this file the product of Bikedude880? Just trying to learn a little more so I can help others better. Thanks, Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-331882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbkccad Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 No, I've been running on plain old IDE drives. I have a WD 120GB 7200 RPM IDE drive. that was the strange thing... My HDD results in xbench were good - but nothing else. I applied the nforce SATA patch from MeDevil to the AMD final ISO by TubGirl. It was a last ditch effort. The reason I didn't try this earlier is everyone in the forum (that I could find) that used this, only used it for SATA. I figured maybe it would also act as a driver for the nforce chipset (which it did) and now my system is blazing! I went back and looked and I did in fact get this patch from the bikerdude880 post. I found it here in Nicklas post.. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...5985&st=280 I hope this helps. -Mike Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-332251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Thanks, good to know! Congrats! Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/46106-i-have-problems-with-osx-x86/#findComment-332380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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